Carpet-display rack.



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PATENT @erica CARPET-DIS PLAY RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,239, dated J' une9, 1903.

Application filed June 2, 1902. `Serial No. 109,962. (No mpdel.) t

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Be it known that I, JOHN HENSEY Davis, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabethtown, in the county of Hardin and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Carpet-Display Rack, of whichthe following is a specification. l ,u

rlhe invention relates to improvements in carpet-display racks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcarpet-display racks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientone, adapted for advantageously displaying aplarge number of rolls ofcarpet and adapted Vto also receive carpets of different widths.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carpet-display rack ofthis character which will enable a roll of carpet to be readily unwoundfor display or sale and to be readily and quickly rewound when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described; illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed` out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a display-'rackconstructed in accordance with this invention. 2 is. avvertioalsectional view of the same.- Fig., 3 is a detail view of one of theshafts or spindles. Fig. 4E is a detail sectional view of thesame.

Like numerals ofreference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a frame composed portions connected at the top by atransverse rung 2, and each inclined portion of the frame is composed oftwo sides provided with upper and lower sections or bars 3 and 4, whichare connected by metal brackets or plates 5. The lower ends ofthe -bars4 are connected by transverse rods, and 'these lower bars L are providedat intervals with'inclined bearing-recesses' 7, having metal Vbearings Sandadapted to receive spindles or shafts 9. The upper bars 3 areinwardly offset from the lower bars 4 to provide a narrower upper spaceto receive narrow carpets; and they are provided with bearing-recesses9, constructed similar to those heretofore described. The lower rung 6rigidly connects of ,inclinedVV latterl and is of sufficient length toreceive the wider class of carpets.

The brackets or connecting-plates 5 are preferably oblongor rectangularwhen viewed yin side elevation and have longitudinal openings, asclearly shown in Fig. l, and they are angularly bent at opposite sidesof the center to form upper and lower portions l0 and 1l andintermediate connectingportions l2.

The upper and lower portions are arranged at right angles to theintermediate connecting portions, and the upper portion is inwardlyoffset from the lower portion and is secured to the outer faces of theupper bars` or members ofV the sides of the inclined portions orsections of the frame. The lower depending portion l1 of the connectingbracket or plate isvsecured to the outer face of the upperend of the bar4, and the transverse connecting portions l2 rest upon and aresupported' by the upper'edge of the bar 4. By this construction theupper bars are supported firmly and are held inposition to receive rollsof narrow carpetl The lower bars 4 of the twoportions 'or sections oftheframe Vare also connected by horizontal side rods or barsl, located'adjacent to the upper ends of the said bars 4:.

Each shaft or spindle is provided adjacent to its ends with annularlianges 14, between which the carpet is'arranged, and the inner end ofthe carpet is held against the shaft or spindlevby means of a transverselocking device 15, consisting of a plate or bar provided extended andprovided with a tapering polygonalpertion lh-adapted to receive aremovable crank-handle 19, which is designed to be applied to any of theshafts or spindles,

so that only one crank-handle is necessar Y for handling all of therolls of carpet.

It will be seen that the display-raek is siniple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted for advantageouslydisplaying a large number of rolls of carpet or other material, and thatthe lower portion of the rack is constructed for the re ception of widecarpets and the upper portion for narrow carpets.

vWhat I claiin isl. A display-rack comprising a frame provided withbearings and having upper and lower bars arranged in pairs and connectedtogether and forming the sides of the frame, the space between one pairof bars being less than the space between the other pair of bars toprovide carpet-receiving spaces of dierent widths, and the brackets orplates connecting the upper and lower bars and composed of upper andlower portions secured to the said bars and an intermediate connectingportion arranged at right angles to the upper and lower portions, andshaits or spindies arranged in the bearings, substantially as described.

L. A display-rack comprising a frame coniposed of opposite sides havingbearings and provided with upper and lower bars, the upper bars beinginwardly offset from the lower ones to form a narrower space betweenthem to receive narrower rolls, and the connecting-plates provided withopenings and composed of upper and lower portions secured to the upperand lower bars at the outer faces thereof, and the intermediateconnecting portions supported upon the upper ends of the bottom bars andarranged at right angles to the upper and lower portions, and shafts orspindles arranged in the bearings, substantially as described.

3. A display-rack comprising inclined sections connected at their upperends and provided with upper and lowerbars spaced apart, the upper barsbeing inwardly offset from the lower bars, the angularly-bent bracketsor plates supported upon the upper ends of the lower bars and extendinginward therefrom and secured to the lower ends of the upper bars, andshafts or spindles journaled in suitable bearings of the upper and lowerbars for supporting carpets, substantially as described.

4. A display-rack comprising a frame provided with bearings, shafts orspindles arranged in the bearings and provided with flanges, and barspivotallymonnted between the flanges and extendingl across the spacebetween the saine and provided at their en gaging edges with teeth,substantially as described. y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto alixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Y JOHN HENSEY DAVIS.

Vitnesses:

J. K. LAYMAN, S. 1I. BUSH.

